A structured showering protocol helped hemodialysis patients feel better without compromising safety, a quality-improvement initiative found. Conducted across four dialysis centers in Utah, the initiative involved two nurses who provided one-on-one education and protective materials to 60 patients with hemodialysis catheters. Equipped with the new education and materials, 92% of patients said they felt able…
Emma Roberts is all about red sneakers for summer 2026—and she’s not the only one. Red shoes have been ubiquitous on the Spring/Summer 2026 runways for good reason. As Glamour recently noted, “a single splash of cherry, scarlet, or maroon at your feet can totally transform an otherwise simple jeans-and-tee look, liven up sharp tailoring,…
Passengers from the UK who are on board the hantavirus-afflicted cruise ship heading for Tenerife will be flown to Merseyside on Sunday for hospital quarantine. The 19 British passengers and three crew will be transferred to Arrowe Park hospital in Wirral, which hosted British people returning from China at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic….
When I first started taking an antidepressant as a teenager, no one talked to me or my parents about how I might eventually stop. Instead, the conversation was entirely centered on finding and starting the right medication. Since then, my prescription list has quietly grown — fluoxetine (Prozac) replaced with escitalopram (Lexapro), then venlafaxine (Effexor),…
The CDC has issued a Health Alert Network (HAN) health advisory on hantavirus, urging clinicians to be aware of the potential for imported cases of hantavirus disease in connection with an outbreak of Andes virus aboard a cruise ship. While the risk of broad spread in the U.S. is “considered extremely unlikely at this time,”…
TENERIFE, Spain — The head of the World Health Organization sought Saturday to reassure worried residents of the Spanish island of Tenerife that they are not in danger from the anticipated arrival there of a hantavirus-stricken cruise ship, issuing a direct message to them. The Dutch-flagged MV Hondius, with more than 140 passengers and crew…
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Born in Bristol, Tuppence Middleton, 39, trained at ArtsEd in London before appearing in films The Imitation Game and Mank. Her stage roles include The Motive and the Cue at the National Theatre, and her TV work spans Sense8, War and Peace, The Forsytes and the next series of Slow Horses. Since the age of 11, she has had obsessive-compulsive…
Victoria Nodiff-Netanel carries a 32-key piano everywhere, including hospitals, schools, police stations and parties. But it’s not for her to play. She has trained her nine miniature horses to run their muzzles along the keyboard, creating tunes that are as tumultuous as they are amusing. Music is one way the mares, part of Nodiff-Netanel’s nonprofit…
Céline Gounder, KFF Health News’ editor-at-large for public health, discussed the cruise ship hantavirus outbreak on PBS NewsHour, Fox’s LiveNow From Fox, and CBS News’ CBS Mornings on May 5. She also discussed the hantavirus outbreak on NPR’s Morning Edition on May 6. Elisabeth Rosenthal, KFF Health News’ senior contributing editor for health news analysis, discussed…
